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I’m really going to miss this car. A 2006 A3, purchased used in 2018 for $6K. Fun as hell to drive, even just to the grocery store. I hate modern cars with all of their screens and cameras and useless features. This car has incredible design, a clean display and was so tactile. Buttons you could feel and operate without digging through screen menus. The radio was always tuned to the jazz station because it was a simple radio, just like the rest of the car.

It’s really hard to find manual transmissions in the US. I hope this isn’t the last one I own.

Unfortunately everything started breaking at once and after too much fiat sunk into repairs and three towing bills, I had to say goodbye.

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FEW_BTC 9mo ago

Had an A4... smooth as butter, loved it. Feel the same as you... dreading purchasing a new car... not a fan at all of the "new and improved" automobiles.

verly 9mo ago

I have the same thing with cameras. Fuji figured it out and released all of their retro inspired X-series models with manual dials and aperture rings. I bought the first x100 model just for the manual (old-fashioned) control.

I hope a car maker goes down that road, even if niche, back to a more customized and tactile control.

Or I will just have to look for older cars worth restoring as I age, I suppose.

C-Pen 9mo ago

I remember my father’s A4000, it was a lot of fun even as a passenger. Standards are the way to go, for a true driving enthusiast, but they’re becoming quite rare, and at the same time complex screens and settings becoming the norm. Thanks for sharing about your A3, sorry it has to go, nice car.